Emmy Awards 2013 Articles

I want you to join me in being thankful for what Paula gave us last night. I want you to be thankful that someone came to give us the fun. To give us some pure joy. To remind us that these nights, they are for entertainment, for OUR entertainment. They tell you they want to celebrate their achievements, but they’re incapable of celebrating them without an audience. Full Story

Okay, let’s get the sartorial stuff out of the way first. Tina’s dress fit her impeccably. But it was, yes, kind of a boring blue. But her hair was a whole new colour! And she looked more comfortable than she often does on these carpets.
Amy Poehler looks like she’s drinking the blood of virgins. Full Story

It’s partly her own doing, I think. Had she showed up just on her own as Claire Danes, then she would have just been Claire Danes and the hair and the tan and that dress, which is not getting enough criticism, would have been judged on their own.
But she showed up for most people’s first time on Ryan Seacrest’s carpet, hijacking the Lena Dunham interview and essentially pushing him off camera. Full Story

It turns out I wasn’t specific enough on Friday when I hoped that Julie Bowen would stay away from taffeta. I should have also have included ruffles. Too late.
She took all the ruffles.
She took all the ruffles and forced them to f-ck like rabbits and they multiplied – in pink! – all over this dress. Full Story

I’m giving it to her. But I have to say, as best dressed goes, compared to previous award shows, I’m not exactly punching myself in the face with the awesome. That’s what it should feel like, right? For the BEST DRESSED? It should make you want to argue in favour of it until you’re hoarse and exhausted, until you can’t possibly debate anymore, but you still can, until you find a 6th gear, because it deserves your full support, support to the death. Full Story

Did not enjoy Lena Dunham’s haircut, but I get it. Did not enjoy her eyeliner, either, but it reminded me of a Halloween costume a couple of years ago when I went out as Taylor Momsen, so that got me thinking about what I’m going to do this year. Sometimes it’s the little things. Full Story

Do you see what I’m saying about the strapless dresses? Not only does this one fit tightly under her armpits, but it also rises up and curves OVER her cleavage. There is no danger that it’s going anywhere. I am more relaxed just by looking at her. This is, of course, because JLD is a big old pro and it’s not her first rodeo, but still. Full Story

I thought about giving it to Kate Mara, I did. Her white dress was among the best in a night where best, at best, was B+. And there were so few of those. It’s J Mendel. It’s a good idea, not greatly executed.
Take a look at it from the side. You see that sheer pantyhose holding it together? Cheap. Full Story

By Marchesa standards, it wasn’t horrific. You know what horrific Marchesa looks like, right? Here. That should refresh your memory. Or see Malin Akerman. So, again, by Marchesa standards, it could have been worse.
But…
I don’t want to talk about Kerry Washington, our beloved Kerry Washington, in those terms. Full Story

It has to be daunting by this point. By now, Shipka knows she’s not just having fun with clothes. That is, she may well be, but now she knows very well that it’s becoming a thing, the way she looks and what she chooses to wear and stuff, she’s one of the people people care about. Full Story

It looks like Nashville. Right? Am I right? My girl Connie Britton dressed in Lions red when it was time to celebrate FNL, and now that it’s about Nashville, it’s about the kind of velvet and brocade that might as easily upholster a chaise lounge to celebrate Rayna James.
I did not hate it. Full Story

I like Anna Faris so much, so much, so much. But… I’m worried. I worry that maybe the pressure after baby was too much, what with getting a new show and – gasp! – being almost 37 in Hollywood. Was it too much? There seems to be a lot of stress on her face, you know? Like…is it breaking?
I don’t want to say that. Full Story

You combine turquoise with taffeta and there’s only one place you should be: The Enchantment Of The Sea, graduating class 1987. Have your best friend hold your hair back while you puke tequila in this dress. Lose your virginity in this dress. But do not, do not wear this dress to the Emmy’s, for Christ’s sake. Full Story

Big blue dress – check. Stacked weird black chunky heels – check. Weird sense of overblown entitlement because you’ve been singled out as the “conventionally pretty one” from Girls? Ohhhh, check.
Allison Williams appears to think she is a fashion girl now. I’m not saying she’s not – she may have a great sense of style when she’s stomping through Brooklyn on her days off – and I’m not saying she’s not invited to a ton of fashion shows and the like, because I’m certain she is. Full Story